Today on my blog I have the pleasure of helping to kick of the tour for ‘ LOOKING FOR LULU’. A novel by Carl Granger, read on for my thoughts and views of the book.
BOOK BLURB
You could be sitting next to him in a pub. You’d never notice him. But he would see you.
None of his victims had ever noticed him, sitting there, glancing occasionally at them. Even if they had, they would have seen no cause for alarm.
Bland. Uninteresting. A civil servant going home to his equally bland wife and children at the end of another working day.
Anonymous. Invisible. Faceless.
That’s what they had all thought. But they were all wrong.
Now only the ever-growing spinney of trees bears testimony that they had once existed.
Is hard-bitten ex-Military Police captain, Detective Inspector Oscar Smith up to the task of tracking him down?
And as you turn the pages to meet the killer, will you ever find sleep again?
BOOK REVIEW
DI Oscar Smith is having a rough day, he’s caught a case and had his wallet taken by a woman he took home after a night out. The case he thinks is not worthy of his time but it will look good too his bosses if he takes it on. Meanwhile he starts his own investigation into the woman Lulu and tries to track her down to get his wallet back. Unfortunately for him nothing about the case is simple and it takes a twisted turn when yet another person goes missing. A person that does not fit the kidnappers previous victims thereby pushing the case further into the public eye and putting Oscar in the spotlight.
DI Oscar Smith is not a very nice character , he has outdated views on women and people of colour. He is a bully and a mean spirited man who will use his powers to get what he wants. Yet he gets results in his cases so he seems to be able to get away with things others can’t . While he’s not a nice character the plot line fits his personality and the hunt for both Lulu and the kidnapper have an effect on him that makes him become more likeable. The more I read of the book the more the images of John Thaw in his role in The Sweeney came to mind. Yes outdated but effective given the time it was shown just like Oscar in the book. The book was fast paced and kept me entertained for the hours i spent in its company. Once the key components to of the plot were set out it just raced along at a quick pace. My only niggle with it was that it seemed to end too quickly. I would have liked a more padded out finale when Oscar came face to face with the person he was hunting. That being said it I look forward to and hope that there are more crimes for Oscar to solve as I feel he has great potential as a main character.
My thanks to Heather Fitt for my copy of the book, as always they are my own thoughts and opinions on the book.
STAR RATING 3.5
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Carl Granger is an investigative journalist with a military background. When not working he writes from his small, isolated cottage in the wilds of the East Midlands, where he lives alone with a one- eyed cat called Crippin
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